attack stream of life

After entering the 1960s, the situation did not go smoothly as expected, but was daily grim.Relief food has not been distributed for a long time, and families who are really in difficulty have begun to flee to the homes of relatives with better conditions.

The situation in Changshan Village is not bad. Although the system despises it as a gift, the fifty catties of oil residue really saved lives. Even the most populous and difficult families survived the cold winter.As soon as spring comes, the grass and trees sprout, and the days can go on.

There is no such good luck in other places. Everyone has privately exchanged news, and starvation has begun to appear in the most difficult places.

The first ones who can't survive are the elderly and children, who can't find food all winter, and become stick figures from hunger.Because of the lack of nutrition, the women did not conceive, and they could not survive the time of birth.Grain began to replace money in the marriage market. As long as one hundred and eighty catties of grain was used as a dowry, a middle-aged man could marry eighteen daughters.

The situation in the city is slightly better, but the "staple food" of sweet potato skins has also begun to appear in the food supply, and eggs have become scarce.Sister Qingchuan sent less and less food, and now she has sent [-] catties of cornmeal, which is a little more money.But money is not easy to buy food at the moment.

The grain in the black market is almost sold by the gram, and the eggs should be inlaid with diamonds and put in the window.Even the large canteen of the slaughterhouse, which has always been luxurious, has reduced its quality.It has been a long time since Qing Chuan had eaten the special pig's trotter soup made by the chef in charge.

With less food, less livestock and less slaughter, Qingchuan's workload has dropped a lot, but his wages have risen a bit, from 12 yuan to 14 yuan.The master felt that he was serious about his work, and he got a raise after asking the leader for instructions. This year, two regular employees of the slaughterhouse retired, so two temporary workers became full-time workers, and Tang Yu was among them.He is cheerful and enthusiastic, careful in doing things, and has connections. It is not surprising that he became a regular.The other is an old employee who has been working for six years and it's time for his turn.

The job at the moment is an inheritance system. The old employee retires, and his children take over as temporary workers.The newcomers became assistants for processing duck feathers and chicken feathers, and all the old employees were promoted. Qingchuan finally started to handle chickens and ducks independently with a knife.

The old master didn't even blink his eyes, grabbed the neck of the duck, cut it one by one, pressed the blood into the basin without shaking his hands, praised him as a natural talent for this job, and has the style of a general.

The system just laughed, it had never seen a cook in Qingchuan, it was more carefree and neat than cooking a duck, it could make people have three days of nightmares, and from then on, they had a physiological fear of this smiling human being holding a knife.

Because of having more Zhang family siblings, Qingchuan is more restrained. Except for the free livestock once a month, he never buys meat. The staple food is mainly sweet potatoes and potatoes, occasionally mixed with brown rice and millet.Salt, oil, soy sauce and vinegar are also used sparingly, so most of the dishes are steamed and stewed, as well as many pickles and homemade sauces.

The Zhang family siblings don’t know this. They have a transport team in the county town, and their father lives better than most. They can often eat rare canned food, candies, biscuits, malted milk, etc., but that doesn’t mean they can Often eat meat and eat as much as you want.Nowadays, life in the county is also difficult. Those who have other incomes are fine. They only rely on dead wages and limited supplies. Most of them can only eat [-]% full, and the quality is not high.

Of course, everything is better than eating five cents full in the countryside.The siblings of the Zhang family have known it since they lived for a few months. Even the students in the town don't eat meat once a month, and there are few eggs.But Qingchuan gave them meat for a few days every month. He made chicken into chicken floss, fish into fish floss, and pork into pork floss. The children could eat a small dish every day, sometimes with Take it to school in the dish, and you can get a little bit of it with good friends.

The chickens raised at home no longer lay eggs very much. Six hens can receive two eggs a day, or even only one.This one egg will be made into egg custard, and each person will take a bite, or open hot water with sugar and boil it to make egg tea, half a bowl for each child.

Although Qingchuan kept saying that their parents gave the money and food, the two children were not stupid. They knew that the family hadn't received a package from the county town for almost three months, but they had received two letters.

When Qingchuan was at work, Zhang Lili took a sneak peek. The letter was written by Zhang Yong. He said that the food in the county is also in short supply now, and his sister’s house has no cooking, so he has to stay tight first, and use money to replace it here.It is easier to find food in the countryside than in the city. Although I know I am embarrassing my brother-in-law, there is nothing I can do.

If the aunt's house is cut off, does it save the children's rations?Zhang Lili burst into tears.

They knew that every grain of rice now is Qingchuan's ration.How rare is food these days?Money can't buy it.Even if there were a lot of them circulating on the market, the price would still be several times higher than in previous years. The ten yuan a month sent by Zhang Yong was really unbearable at this time.Zhang Lili suddenly felt resentful. Even if she did something wrong, her younger brother was always innocent. The family is planning to abandon their siblings, right?

Mom abandoned them, and now finally even Dad doesn't want them anymore.

Zhang Lili was very thoughtful, although she tried her best to hide it, Qing Chuan could understand it just by meeting him.He didn't know what to say, and he was really struggling with this kind of sophistication.

Zhang Lili felt a lot of panic in her heart. She was a child after all, and she felt that her closest parents would not want their siblings, and she was even more afraid that Qingchuan, who was not related by blood, would not want them either, so she just worked hard to make her presence felt.

Qingchuan felt that he raised a snail girl.

The gratification that normal people should have is reflected in him as bonuses for outstanding performance.Just buy, buy, buy, hair rope clips that little girls like, small snacks with meat floss and candies, small army green schoolbags embroidered with gold, popular and fashionable sea soul shirts... special things.

He also set up two swings in the yard for the two children. According to the requirements of the two children, one chair was made into the shape of a flower basket, and the other was made into a large airplane.Everyone in the village comes to play, girls like flower baskets, boys like airplanes.

He was so spoiled that the old lady was curious, so she specially called Qing Chuan over and asked him what he was thinking, he loved Zhang's siblings as much as they loved their children, and they bought this and that with a subsidized salary, and their parents didn't dote on them that much.

"I've never raised a child, so practice first." Qing Chuan said.

At this time, the sister-in-law especially wanted to give the eldest sister to her uncle to let him practice.I have never heard of raising a child and you have to practice first, it is also amazing.

However, Qingchuan is also very kind to the eldest sister, the high priced rice noodles and daily milk have fed the eldest sister to become fat for nothing.There are a lot of children in this village, all of them are skinny and skinny. Her eldest sister's hands are full of meat, which is really the only one in the village.

"If you want children, that's easy. Get a wife and have as many children as you want. What kind do you like? Sister-in-law will help you find out, and you must find someone who is capable and beautiful." Sister-in-law is like everyone Like women who are keen to introduce partners to unmarried men and women, their eyes are bright when it comes to matchmaking.

"I'm not married and I don't have children. I'm pretty good alone."

"Then you are so happy raising other people's children?" The old lady didn't understand Qing Chuan's logic.

"Of course it's easy to raise someone else's house, and I don't have to give birth to it myself. When I think of a woman living in the house, my hairs stand on end. What if I offend the other party one day, and she quietly gets up in the middle of the night and cuts me up with a knife? Even if the other party is more cautious, You don’t use knives, you use insecticides, and you’re afraid of people. Children don’t, they are so cute and innocent.”

Old lady, sister-in-law: ...

"Then are you married or not?" the old lady asked.

"No knot." Qing Chuan ended the topic with one sentence.

It was too late and then it was too fast, the old lady bent down to pick up her shoes and wanted to beat her son, but Qingchuan ran faster than a rabbit, turning around and shouting loudly while running, "No knot, no knot if you kill him, no knot if you don't kill him .”

The three hills behind Changshan Village are the property of the village, so in theory the bamboo, wood and vines on the hills are collectively owned, and private picking is not allowed.Qingchuan unearthed such a wonderful thing as kudzu root powder, and the hungry villagers emptied the back mountain overnight, basically digging out all the kudzu root that could be found.

They use an ax to cut the thick root, chop it, grind it, add water and filter it, and then filter out the starch called kudzu root powder.It doesn't taste very good when eaten dry, but it's good to burn it into a mush, or make pancakes with other grain powders.

Qingchuan ground more than ten catties of kudzu powder by himself, and other families with a large population got more.Changshan Village has not died of starvation for two years, but the situation in other villages is very serious.

Many local daughters-in-law's natal families and married daughters' in-laws' families came to borrow food, and they would definitely not borrow more food, but some people were willing to bite the bullet and lend more than ten catties.If there is really no surplus food, teaching them to go up the mountain to dig kudzu root and grind it is also a way to survive.At this time, we must mention Qingchuan, the 'first person to eat crabs'.

In fact, Qingchuan was not the first to discover kudzu powder, but it was not spread before, because it was a troublesome thing, and it took a long time to get a little powder, which was not cost-effective in normal times, so no one knew about it.Now that Qingchuan is deliberately promoting it, everyone will know it.

In a disaster year, this little fan can save lives.

Such a pass to ten, ten to a hundred, indirectly saved countless people, when the system suddenly told Qingchuan that he is now considered a person of high moral character, Qingchuan was simply baffled.

"You can use this standard to judge who is of high moral character." The system said.

But Qingchuan didn't understand how his high moral character came from, let alone any standard.Commuting to and from get off work every day, killing lives every day in your hands, is it considered noble?

With kudzu powder this year, Qingchuan will no longer send food (feed) door-to-door. The welfare of the slaughterhouse this year includes glutinous rice flour. Qingchuan gave a catty to the old lady, and kept a catty for himself, and used half of it for New Year’s Eve. Sesame glutinous rice balls, eat the other half during the Lantern Festival.

The glutinous rice flour used to make glutinous rice balls is only half a catty, so the glutinous rice balls are made one by one with thin skins and thick fillings, the size of a ping-pong ball, with sesame fillings, purple potato fillings, and red bean paste fillings, all of which are sweet.Qing Chuan scooped five glutinous rice balls for each of the two children, poured sweet-scented osmanthus syrup into them, set off a few firecrackers in the yard after eating, and carried a sleepless vigil.

The two children were so sleepy after twelve o'clock, they fell asleep on the chair.Qing Chuan carried them back to the room, took off their shoes and coats, and placed two sets of brand new woolen hats and scarves beside their beds.

The older sister is reddish-brown, the younger brother is dark blue, made of thick woolen thread, with a diagonal check pattern, and a small rabbit fur pompom on the top of the hat, which looks very cute.

This is really a big surprise.People who dote on their children at home, even if they can't make new clothes for their children, they always try to make other new things, such as new shoes and hats, to make their children happy.Zhang Lili used to watch other children receive gifts, but she didn't expect that she would have one too, and it suits her heart.

The siblings happily put on their new hats and scarves, and took a good look in the mirror for a while.

Qing Chuan came over, wiped the children's faces with facial oil, and then took them to visit the New Year.The old lady and sister-in-law prepared red envelopes for the children. For ten cents, you can buy ten candies at the supply and marketing cooperative, which is a big number in the eyes of the children.Qingchuan still gives two hairs, bachelors have the right to spoil their children.The two siblings held red envelopes, and took the eldest sister who had just walked steadily, hand in hand, and went to various households to look for sweets and snacks for New Year's greetings.

"In the past, my uncle would send them out, but this year I can count them back. Hurry up and get a lot of them. You're welcome."

The two children came back at noon, and they carried sweets and snacks in their pockets, less sugar, more melon seeds and fried peanuts.They scattered candies on the table and counted them one by one, counting how many days they would last.For those children who can survive, these candies can be eaten for more than half a year, but most of them will almost eat up within the first month.

Qing Chuan walked over, holding two iron boxes in his hands, "Eat melon seeds and fried peanuts early, and they will become damp after a long time. Here, uncle gave you a gift, see if you like it."

The New Year's money is New Year's money, and the New Year's gift is a New Year's gift. Uncle Qingchuan is still so materialistic today, so pleasing to the children.

The children immediately cheered, they saw Qing Chuan carrying a similar box to the eldest sister in the morning, which was full of cod sausages that Qing Chuan poured himself.Of course, people don't know that it is cod sausage, but they know that it is fish sausage made of sea fish, which is very delicious and tender.

Zhang Lili opened her own box first, and there were two shiny glass jars inside, one was filled with her favorite pork floss, and the other was filled with her favorite white rabbit toffee.Zhang Shijie's box contained a can of malted milk and a can of honey-glazed pork jerky.

"Thank you uncle."

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the system always gave large livestock, and this year was no exception. A young stag became his dead soul.Qingchuan stayed up all night to dispose of the deer, antlers, whips, deerskin, venison...except for a little meat, he was going to sell all of these to pharmacies, leather shops, restaurants, etc. in the county town.If it is common meat, it is most suitable to send it to the black market, but venison is rare, and the price of sending it to big restaurants in the county is high.

There is also deer blood, which can be used to make wine.

In the second day of junior high school, the eldest sister's family came from the county seat, and the Zhang family siblings followed Qingchuan with complicated emotions, and called out to their parents dryly, entering an embarrassing time.They were a little worried that Zhang Yong would take them home, but when Zhang Yong took them back without saying a word, they felt unspeakably sad.

Zhang Yong saw that a pair of daughters were well raised here. They grew taller and whiter, their eyes were bright, and their spirits were different. He knew that his brother-in-law loved them very much.Furthermore, the old lady had been complaining about Qingchuan's refusal to go on a blind date for the sake of the two children, and Zhang Yong felt very guilty.The child's uncle and in-laws left them and ran away, but Qingchuan, who has nothing to do with him, treats them as his own, which is really rare.

"After this period of time passes, I will come to pick them up again." Zhang Yong stuffed Qingchuan with 100 yuan, and there were many other tickets, such as cloth tickets, food tickets, tobacco and alcohol tickets, and so on.In addition, there are things to prepare, including malted milk, sugar, biscuits, bacon, rich powder, etc., as well as new cloth and cotton, and some comic books.

The elder sister hugged the child and watched without speaking. She never thought that her younger brother was so kind-hearted and took good care of the unrelated children. Looking at the white and tender faces of the two children, she knew that she had never suffered or suffered from hunger.That's fine, as long as the mother's family takes good care of her, it's not wrong for her to send the child to the countryside.

Today, the elder sister and his wife came over, besides New Year's greetings, there is also a happy event.The eldest sister found a job, and found a job as a temporary worker in the big canteen of the county machinery factory. Now her household registration can finally be transferred to the county, and her food relationship with her children can also be transferred there.After the transfer of household registration, there will be an extra [-] catties of grain every month, as well as other poultry eggs, meat and so on.

"If I had changed my account earlier, I would have had milk powder tickets for six months when the child was born, and nutrition tickets, eggs and brown sugar for confinement." The eldest sister couldn't help rubbing her stomach. , almost ready to have a second child.She secretly glanced at her stepdaughter and stepson, and she couldn't take them back at this time, so she had to wrong her younger brother first.

After eating at noon, Zhang Yong took the two children to the side. He gave the two children a big red envelope of five yuan each, and reached out to touch their heads, but the Zhang family siblings subconsciously avoided it.Zhang Yong withdrew his hand in embarrassment, "Are you used to living here? Is there anything you want Dad to buy for you?"

It was too late to ask this question, a year too late.

Zhang Lili held her younger brother's hand tightly, "It's good, uncle takes good care of us." She really wanted to stab Zhang Yong, telling him that uncle did more than his own father, and that his uncle spoiled them even more than his own father. Pet.But looking at Zhang Yong's wry smile, Zhang Lili couldn't say anything.

"You are here, you must listen to uncle." Zhang Yong said again.

"Ah."

"When the time is right, Dad will pick you up again."

When is the right time?What is the right time?Do you want to wait until the younger siblings are born one by one and grow up one by one?Did they completely forget their siblings at that time?Throw it away like throwing away trash?

Zhang Lili's anger and resentment suffocated into tears. She held back and told herself, thinking about the swing set at home, thinking about the big white rabbit and meat floss under the bed, thinking about the warm new clothes, she is also loved by someone.

She also has an uncle.Parents don't love her, but uncle loves her.What's so good about the city, the room is so small, you can't even eat eggs, and the neighbors are all weird.

forget it.

forget it.

"Okay." Zhang Lili replied.